The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-01
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. AUGUST 1, 1887.

Spartanburg, Union and Columbia rail-
roads for the month of June, 1897, over the
corresponding month Of 1886 is remarkable.
The increase in the earnings OF the FORMER
road Is 27g Al per cent. and in those OF the
latter 162 80 per cent The increase IN the
total earnings of the Asheville and Spartan
burg road is 2Sl SO per cent. and those OF
the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia ROAD
40 10 per cent. Heretofore the latter road
hes been losing ground, but the through
connection with the West has helped II
greatly.
AT Columbia. the famous case OF Adams
VS. Agnew, which has been fought over IN
the courts for nearly a decade, has at last
been settled by compromise. In 1870
tract of 200 acres of land in the county was
laid off to Robert Adams as a homestead
Three years later Thomas Agnew began to
sue for possession of the tract under Sher-
iR'sdeed. Mr.. Robert Adams died after the
action began, and the litigation was carried
on against his widow and children. Inc
compromise which has settled the case Is
that the land. which has been appraised at
81 900, shall be turned over to Mr.. ASneW
with the crops thereon and that he shall
pay TO the widow and children the sum OF
$500.
The controlling interest in the Bishop
vile Railroad Company has been recently
b. Rankin, two enterprising young mer-
chants of Wilmington, n. c. At meeting
of the stockholders of Che company Monday
the following officers were elected: Mr.. r
L. Bridgers President and Treasurer; Mr.
John Barry. General Superintendent; Mr.
n. b. Rankin Auditor and General Freight
and Passenger Agent; Mr.. j. I. Barrow,
Secretary. The new management have
secured the services of Mr. Barry, who for
thirty years has been connected with the
road department of the justly celebrated
Wilmington and Weldon railroad, so that
the rapid improvement and general good
management of the Bishopyile railroad may
be looked for.
Coroner Burns, of Lancaster, was called
upon to hold an inquest last Saturday over
the body Of colorc1 child aged about
years and months, who had died the night
before on j. w. Williams plantation, under
circumstances which indicated that it had
been beaten to death by its father and step
mother Lilies Washington and Priscilla
Washington. The body of the child was
frightfully bruised and SCARED. 1t was
proved at the inquest that the father had
been seen to beat the little one numerically.
On one occasion witness testified to Raving
seen Washington knock the child down with
a stick and then beat her as she lay down on
the ground. The verdict of the jury was
that the child died from the abuse received
at the hands of her father and step-mother.
They were arrested at once and placed in
jail
few minutes before o'clock Friday
night the Mother Superior of the Ursuline
Convent, at Columbia, died at the Preston
mansion, after a lingering illness, of typhoid
fever. The deceased was the daughter of
Mr.. Conlaw Lynch, of Cheraw, and the
sister of Bishop Lynch and DR.. John Lynch.
In 1847 Eleanor Lynch entered a convent in
Cincinnati and became a nun, taking the
religious name of Baptiste. Seven years
later, when her brother took charge of the
Diocese Of South Carolina, she returned to
her native State and opened the Ursuline
Convent, the first established in South
Carolina Here she has remained for
thirty-three years, during peace and during
war. A few days before she became i'll she
furnished an account of the burning of
Columbia, her interview with Gen. Sher
man and OF how the Preston mansion was
saved. This account fixed beyond contra
diction the responsibility for the burning of
Columbia upon Gen. Sherman. The de-
ceased was Ga years old